Triacylglycerol oligomer products and methods of making same

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates generally to triacylglycerol oligomer products and methods of making, using and producing same.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] The present application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser.No. 09/732,361, entitled “Triacylglycerol Oligomer Products and Methodsof Making Same”, filed on Dec. 7, 2000, the entire content of which isincorporated herein by reference; which application claims priorityunder 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. provisional patent application SerialNo. 60/169,468, filed Dec. 7, 1999, entitled “Vegetable Resin Products”and is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. The presentapplication also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S.provisional patent application Serial No. 60/405,447, filed Aug. 15,2002, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

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[0002] Not Applicable.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] 1. Field of the Invention

[0004] The present invention relates generally to triacylglycerololigomer products and methods of making, using and producing same.

[0005] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0006] Triacylglycerols (TAGS) are lipids of plant or animal origin.They include such common substances as safflower oil, canola oil, peanutoil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, sunflowerseed oil, linseed oil, soybeanoil, tung oil, etc. Those TAGS that are liquids at room temperature aregenerally known as oils; those that are solids are usually known asfats. TAGS are simply the fatty acid esters of the triol glycerol.

[0007] The general structure of TAGS is:

[0008] The fatty acids, R₁, R₂, R₃, that are obtained by hydrolysis ofnaturally occurring fats and oils are long, straight-chain carboxylicacids with about 12 to 20 carbon atoms. Most fatty acids contain an evennumber of carbon atoms. Some of these common fatty acids are saturated,while others have one or more elements of unsaturation; generallycarbon-carbon double bonds.

[0009] TAGS naturally occur in some plants and can be obtained inrelative pure forms by various processing methods. Substances such asfree fatty acids and phospholipids are removed during processing. TAGSresulting from a single plant source, after processing, are typically amixture made up of TAGS with differing percentages of saturated andunsaturated fatty acids. Table 1 lists the approximate composition ofthe fatty acids obtained from hydrolysis of some TAGS. TABLE 1 FattyAcid Composition Obtained by Hydrolyhsis of Common TriacylglycerolsELEOSTE TAG MYRISTIC PALMITIC STEARIC OLEIC LINOLEIC ARIC LINOLENICSOYBEAN 1-2  6-10 2-4 20-30 50-58  5-10 COTTON 1-2 18-25 1-2 17-38 45-55SEED CORN 1-2  7-11 3-4 25-35 50-60 LINSEED 4-7 2-4 14-30 14-25 45-60SUNFLOWER 6-7 1-2 21-22 66-67 TUNG 80

[0010] TABLE 2 List the supply of major TAGS produced in the UnitedStates. TRIACYLGLYCEROL PRODUCTION (POUNDS) SOYBEAN 20,220,000,000COTTONSEED 1,210,000,000 SUNFLOWERSEED 1,196,772,000 CORN 1,283,200,000

[0011] TAGS containing multiple double bonds within their carboxylicacid moieties undergo thermal polymerization to form oligomers which arelow molecular weight polymers. Triacylglycerol Oligomers (TAGOS) werefirst described by Schieber (1928).

[0012] Several investigators, Schieber (1928,1929), Kappelmier(1933,1938), Kurz (1936), Bradley (1940), Phalnikar and Bhide (1944),Bradley (1947), Barker, Crawford, and Hilditch (1951), Wisenblatt,Wells, and Common (1953), Wells and Common (1953), Pascual and Detera(1966), Boelhouwer, Knegiel, and Tels (1967), Saha and Bandyopadhyay(1974), Sarma (1984) have suggested mechanisms for thermalpolymerization of vegetable oils. Scheiber (1928,1929) and Kappelmeier(1933,1938) proposed a Diels-Alder diene synthesis as a basis forexplaining the polymerization of vegetable oils which is often referredto in the literature. Most investigators agree that the formation ofhydroxy unsaturated dimeric acids occurs during thermal polymerizationand are connected by means of a cyclic compound.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013]FIG. 1 is a perspective side view of the degummer assembly of thepresent invention.

[0014]FIG. 2 is a second perspective side view of the degummer assemblyof the present invention.

[0015]FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram.

[0016]FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of the thermal polymerization process ofTAGS.

[0017]FIG. 5 is an infrared spectra comparing the formation ofalkyne-ether linkages between 730 cm⁻¹ and 580 cm^(−1.)

[0018]FIG. 6 is an infrared spectra comparing the formation ofalkyne-ether linkages between 2135 cm⁻¹ and 2085 cm^(−1.)

[0019]FIG. 7 is an infrared spectra comparing cotton treated withsoybean oligomer Z-6 and soybean oligomer Z-6 (cured).

[0020]FIG. 8 is an infrared spectra comparing untreated cotton andcotton treated with soybean oligomer Z-6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] Before explaining in detail at least one embodiment of theinvention in detail by way of exemplary drawings, it is to be understoodthat the invention is not limited in its application to the details ofconstruction and the arrangement of the components set forth in thefollowing description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention iscapable of other embodiments or of being practiced or carried out invarious ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology andterminology employed herein is for purpose of description and should notbe regarded as limiting.

[0022] 1. Removal of Lecithin (Degumming)

[0023] Lecithin is a mixture of phospholipids, cephalin and inositolphosphatides, glycerides, traces of tocopherols and pigments.Phospholipids are lipids that contain groups derived from phosphoricacid. The most common phospholipids are the phosphoglycerides, which areclosely related to common fats and oils. A phosphoglyceride generallyhas a phosphoric acid goup in place of one of the fatty acid groups ofTAGS. The simplest class of lecithin are the phosphatidic acids, whichconsist of glycerol esterified by two fatty acids and one phosphoricacid group. Phosphatidic acid is represented by the chemical formulagiven below.

[0024] Lecithin can be hydrated with water which renders it immisciblewith oil and brings about a separation of hydrated lecithin and oil.However, hydrated lecithin when mixed thoroughly with water and TAGSforms a very stable emulsion that separates only on standing for longperiods of time. Formation of the emulsion can be avoided by bubblingTAGS through a container filled with water. A bubble chamber (degummer)was developed for this purpose.

[0025] The degummer assembly 10 of the present invention is show inFIGS. 1 and 2. The degummer assembly 10 consists of a tank member 20having an inlet 30, at least one outlet 40, and an interior reactionchamber 50. The inlet 30 and the at least one outlet 40 are in openfluid communication with the interior reaction chamber 50. A plate 60containing small holes 70 of known diameter is placed at the bottom 80of the tank member 20 and attached to inlet 30. The interior reactionchamber 50 is filled with a liquid medium 90 such as water or otherliquids (bulk liquid) and maintained at a temperature which can rangefrom <25° C. to >60° C. Water hydrates the lecithin.

[0026] TAG is pumped or gravity fed into the interior reaction chamber50 through the small holes 70 and form bubbles 100 or “strings” oncontact with the liquid medium 90 and do not form emulsions. The smallbubbles 100 or “strings” of TAGS rise to the surface of the bulk liquidand burst forming at least two separate liquid phases 110, (i.e. atleast two reaction products) each of which remain separated from theliquid medium 90. At least one liquid phase contains degummed TAG 120,at least one liquid phase contains lecithin 130, and the third is theliquid medium 90.

[0027] As more and more TAG is fed into the tank member 20, the degummedTAG 120, which is less dense than the lecithin 130 rises to the top 140of the interior reaction chamber 50 and forms a top layer 150. Thelecithin 130 forms the middle layer. The lower layer is the liquidmedium 90. The top layer 150 containing the degummed TAG 120 is allowedto reach a certain height to minimize contamination from the lecithin130 at which time it can be continuously removed through the at leastone outlet 40. The lecithin 130 can be removed through a lower at leastone outlet tube 41. The volume produced depends on degummer assembly 10variables such as the diameter of the small holes 70 of the inlet 30,size of the tank member 20, the flow rate, liquid medium 90 temperature,etc. Degummed TAG 120 was analyzed for phosphorous content. The resultsare given in Table 3 below. TABLE 3 Phosphorous Content of DegummedTriacylglycerols (TAGS) TRIACYLGLYCEROL PHOSPHOROUS, PPM* SOYBEAN 0.005

[0028] Van Nieuwenhuyzen (1976) demonstrated that the viscosity oflecithin at a temperature of 70° C. increases as the moisture contentdecreases. The viscosity of the lecithin continues to increase until itachieves a moisture content of approximately 7%. The viscosity of thelecithin then begins to decrease rapidly until it is dry. This propertyof lecithin was used to develop a process to reduce the moisture contentto less than 3%.

[0029] TAGS that have been degummed according to the procedure givenabove are further refined by vacuum distillation of free fatty acids.The first step in the vacuum distillation process is to remove undervacuum a large portion of the oxygen before heat is applied. Once theoxygen is removed under vacuum, heat is gradually applied until theboiling point temperature of the free fatty acids has been reached atthe operating vacuum. The temperature is maintained until all fattyacids have been removed. The resulting refined TAGS are then ready forthermal polymerization.

[0030] A continuous semi-plugged flow reactor has been designed for therefining of TAGS. All columns are under the same vacuum. Degummed TAG atroom temperature is pumped into a first column and removal of oxygenbegins. As TAG flows upward through the column and once the temperatureincreases to about 60° C., the TAG exits into column two. As it flowsupward through column two, oxygen is still being removed as thetemperature gradually increases to about 120° C. Columns three, four,and five are utilized for gradually increasing the TAG to the boilingpoint of free fatty acids at the operating vacuum and holding it for aperiod of time depending on the flow rate in order to allow completeremoval of the free fatty acids. At a temperature of from about 228°C.-235° C., the TAG undergoes a color change from “straw” to a lightgreenish tint. TABLE 4 Data for Refined Triacylglycerols TRIACYLGLYCEROLY* R* B* FREE FATTY ACID - %* SOYBEAN 2.8 1.4 92.0 COTTONSEEDSUNFLOWERSEED CORN

[0031] TAGOS are prepared by thermal polymerization of TAGS that havebeen degummed and refined according to the procedures given above.Pre-polymerization and polymerization takes place in columns six throughten shown in FIG. 4.

[0032] Column six is the pre-polymerization reactor column wherein thetemperature is gradually increased from the boiling point of the freefatty acids to polymerization temperature. TAG exits column six andenters column seven at the polymerization temperature. Columns seven,eight, nine and ten are the reactor columns and are maintained at thepolymerization temperature. TAG remains in the reactor columns for aresidence time depending on the flow rate and exits into the storagetanks that are also under the same vacuum. The viscosity attained willdepend on the residence time (flow rate) and the polymerizationtemperature. TABLE 5 Viscosities of Triacylglycerol Oligomers forVarious Residence Times and Temperatures. RESIDENCE TEMPER-TRIACYLGLYCEROL TIME ATURE VISCOSITY SOYBEAN   24 hours 285° C.  32 pCOTTONSEED   8 hrs 318° C. 154 p 50% 13.5 hrs 295° C.  22 pSUNFLOWERSEED + 50% SOYBEAN CORN   13 hrs 295° C.  43 p 50% SOYBEAN +  13 hrs 303° C.  11 p 50% CANOLA TUNG

[0033] TABLE 8 Viscosity and Molecular Weight of TriacylglycerolsOligomers TRIACYLGLYCEROL VISCOSITY, CP MOL. WEIGHT MWD SOYBEAN 12400132785 57.5 SOYBEAN 3207 5569 3.7

[0034] Skin color of face strongly depends on the type and amount ofmelanin and hemoglobin existing in the skin and varies widely accordingto several factors such as race, physiological conditions, age, sex, andseasonal variation. Face skin color is not uniform. It differs dependingon whether it is the color of the foreheads forecheek, or sidecheek.Skin color was measured using photoelectric calorimeters and with theaid of computers, cosmetics were formulated using TAGOS to exactly matchskin colors. The formulation given below were used to prepare cosmeticcolors. Component % Standard No. 1 Cosmetic Brown-Lt 5.00 TAGOS Emulsion95.00 Standard No. 2 Raw Sienna 5.00 TAGOS Emulsion 95.00 Standard No. 385% cosmetic Green + 5.00 15% Cosmetic Red TAGOS Emulsion 95.00

[0035] An emulsion consisting of water and TAGOS was prepared using alecithin sludge as the emulsifying agent. Lecithin sludge is theconcentrated mixture of lecithin and water resulting from the degummer.TAGO, 62.7 gms, and lecithin sludge (50-60%), 21.2 gms, are mixed andheated to 70° C. Water, 176.8 gms, is heated in a separate container to70° C. and then added to the TAGO and lecithin sludge mixture. Thesolution is stirred and allowed to cool. The pigment is added and themixture is homogenized.

[0036] A Lovibond Tintometer was used to measure skin color. Theinstrument was standardized according to a procedure using a gray scaleand magnesium oxide standard. Measurements were made on the right cheek,left cheek, and the forehead. The skin color of 234 females was measuredusing the Lovibond Tintometer. This data is given in Table 12.

[0037] A thin layer of cosmetic preparation was placed on a filter paperand allowed to dry. The probe from the Lovibond Tintometer is placeddirectly on the dry cosmetic color preparation and the color determinedand recorded. This data is given in Table 11.

[0038] A computer program was written for a Radio Shack Tridos 80Computer to perform the calculations. Color matching functions of Banks(1977) were used to write the computer program. The program is writtenin four parts and is given in Table 10. The program produces tristimulusvalues, ratio of the standard cosmetic preparation to match the skincolor, and the difference between the skin color and the calculatedcolor match formulation. These results are given in Table 12. TABLE 10Computer Program for Color Matching - Four Parts Part 1 ‘FORMULA’ 1 DIMTR(39), TY(39), TB(39), E(39), EY(39), EZ(39) 10 REM CALCULTAION OFCHROMATICITY COORDINATRES AND TRISTIMULUS VALUES CALL TRISTIM 20 REMREAD LOVIBOND SPECTRAL INTERNAL TRANSMITTANCES 40 FOR I = 0 TO 39 50READ TR(I), TY(I), TB(I) 60 NEXT 70 REM READ CIE 1931 COLOR-MATCHINGFUNCTIONS WEIGHTED BY RELATIVE SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTIONS OF CIESTANDARDS 80 FOR I = 0 TO 39 90 READ EX(I), EY(I), EZ(I) 100 NEXT 130DATA .90258, .02889, .99815 131 DATA .90352, .12593, .99809 132 DATA.90439, .25435, .99788 133 DATA .90603, .39957, .99711 134 DATA .90737,.52037, .99573 135 DATA .90824, .61634, .99363 136 DATA .90886, .70289,.99111 137 DATA .90858, .77822, .98800 138 DATA .90722, .84481, .98338139 DATA .90444, .89471, .97459 140 DATA .89819, .92976, .96004 141 DATA.88633, .95277, .94109 142 DATA .86526, .96755, .92316 143 DATA .83257,.97738, .89900 144 DATA .79598, .98364, .87326 145 DATA .77392, .98754,.84574 146 DATA .78952, .99040, .83553 147 DATA .83317, .99195, .85049148 DATA .87817, .99236, .86792 149 DATA .91300, .99247, .85702 150 DATA.93628, .99179, .81808 151 DATA .95268, .99073, .77002 152 DATA .96362,.98933, .76498 153 DATA .97109, .98768, .77420 154 DATA .97648, .98599,.77827 155 DATA .98053, .98438, .77386 156 DATA .98348, .98333, .76119157 DATA .98572, .98287, .76656 158 DATA .98753, .98279, .78191 159 DATA.98892, .98330, .83172 160 DATA .99012, .98405, .88572 161 DATA .99117,.98449, .93507 162 DATA .99194, .98510, .96744 163 DATA .99247, .98627,.98466 164 DATA .99303, .98789, .99228 165 DATA .99336, .98912, .99587166 DATA .99365, .99014, .99719 167 DATA .99402, .99108, .99770 168 DATA.99420, .99160, .99790 169 DATA .99430, .99210, .99800 180 DATA .004,.000, .020 181 DATA .019, .000, .089 182 DATA .085, .002, .404 183 DATA.329, .009, 1.57 184 DATA 1.238, .037, 5.949 185 DATA 2.997, .122,14.628 186 DATA 3.975, .262, 19.938 187 DATA 3.915, .443, 20.638 188DATA 3.362, .694, 19.299 189 DATA 2.272, 1.058, 14.972 190 DATA 1.112,1.618, 9.461 191 DATA .363, 2.358, 5.274 192 DATA .052, .3.401, 2.864193 DATA .089, 4.833, 1.520 194 DATA .576, 6.462, .712 195 DATA 1.523,7.934, .388 197 DATA 4.282, 9.832, .086 198 DATA 5.880, 9.841, .039 199DATA 7.322, 9.147, .020 200 DATA 8.417, 7.992, .016 201 DATA 8.984,6.627, .010 202 DATA 8.949, 5.316, .007 203 DATA 8.325, 4.176, .002 204DATA 7.070, 3.153, .002 205 DATA 5.309, 2.190, .000 206 DATA 3.693,1.443, .000 207 DATA 2.349, .886, .000 208 DATA 1.361, .504, .000 209DATA .708, .259, .000 210 DATA .369, .134, .000 211 DATA .171, .062,.000 212 DATA .082, .029, .000 213 DATA .039, .014, .000 214 DATA .019,.006, .000 215 DATA .008, .003, .000 216 DATA .004, .002, .000 217 DATA.002, .001, .000 218 DATA .001, .001, .000 219 DATA .001, .000, .000 300REM CALCULATIONS OF TRISTIMULUS VALUES 310 U = 0 320 V = 0 330 W = 0 340PRINT “INPUT Y” : INPUT Y 350 PRINT “INPUT R” : INPUT R 360 PRINT “INPUTB” : INPUT B 370 FOR I = 0 TO 39 380 RYB =((TR(I))[R)*((TY(I)[Y))*((TB(I)[B)) 390 U = U + ( RYB * EX(I)) 400 V =V + ( RYB + EY(I)) 410 W = W + ( RYB + EZ(I)) 420 NEXT 430 UVW = U + V +W 440 UBAR = U/UVW 450 VBAR = V/UVW 460 WBAR = W/UVW 470 X =U: LPRINT “X = ”;X 480 Y1 = V: LPRINT “Y = ”;Y1 490 Z = W: LPRINT “Z = ”;Z 500 OPEN“O”,1, “VALUES” 510 PRINT#1,X;Y1;Z 520 CLOSE 1 530 OPEN“O”,1,“LOVIBOND”540 PRINT#1,Y;R;B 550 CLOSE 1 560 RUN “FORMULA1” Part 2 ‘FORMULA1’ 10DIM TR(15), TY(15), TB(15), ME(16,3), T(16,3), Y(3), R(3), B(3), F(1),D(16,16) 40 FOR I = 0 TO 15 50 READ TR(I), TY(I), TB(I) 60 NEXT 132 DATA.90439, .25435, .99788 134 DATA .90737, .52037, .99573 136 DATA .90886,.70289, .99111 138 DATA .90722, .84481, .98338 140 DATA .89819, .92976,.96004 142 DATA .86526, .96755, .92316 144 DATA .79598, .98364, .87326146 DATA .78952, .99040, .83553 148 DATA .87817, .99236, .86792 150 DATA.93628, .99179, .81808 152 DATA .96362, .98933, .76498 154 DATA .97648,.98599, .77827 156 DATA .98348, .98333, .76119 158 DATA .98753, .98279,.78191 160 DATA .99012, .98405, .88572 162 DATA .99194, .98510, .96744330 FOR I = 1 TO 3 350 READ Y(I), R(I), B(I) 355 LPRINT “ ”:LPRINT Y(I),R(I), B(I) 360 NEXT 365 LPRINT “ ”:LPRINT “T1”, “T2”, “T3” 367OPEN“O”,1, “DYES” 370 J = 0 380 FOR I = 0 TO 15 385 J = J + 1 390 FOR N= 1 TO 3 410 Q = (TR(I)[R(N))*(TY(I)[Y(N))*(TB(I)[(N)) 420 T(J,N) =(1−Q)[2/(2*Q) 430 NEXT 440 PRINT#1, T(J,1); T(J,2); T(J,3) 445 LPRINT “”: LPRINT T(J,1), T(J,2) T(J,3) 450 NEXT 460 CLOSE 1 465 GOTO 600 470 J= 0 480 OPEN “O”,1,“SAMPLE” 505 LPRINT “ ”: LPRINT “F”, “D” 510 FOR I =0 TO 15 520 J = J + 1 530 Q = (TR(I)[X2)*(TY(I)[X1)*(TB(I)[X3) 540 F(J)= (1−Q)[2/(2*Q) 550 D(J,J) = −((4*Q)*(1−Q)+((1−Q)[2)*2)/(4*(Q[2)) 560PRINT#1, F(J);D(J,J) 565 LPRINT “ ”:LPRINT F(J), D(J,J) 570 NEXT 580CLOSE 1 590 RUN “FORMULA2” 600 OPEN“I”,1,“LOVIBOND” 610 INPUT#1,X1,X2,X3620 CLOSE 1 630 GOTO 470 700 DATA 1.9, 3.7, 0 710 DATA 3.6, 4.0, 0 720DATA 1.4, 1.2, 0 Part 3 “FORMULA2” 100 DIM ME(16,3), D(16,16), B(3,16),M(3,16), F(16,1), R(3,3), A(3,3), V(3,1),T(16,3), C(3,1) 105 LPRINT “ ”:LPRINT “EX-BAR, “EY-BAR”, “EZ-BAR” 110 OPEN“I”,1, “FUNCTION” 120 FOR I =1 TO 16 140 INPUT#1, M(1,I), M(2,I), M(3,I) 170 NEXT 180 CLOSE 1 190OPEN “1”,1,“SAMPLE” 200 FOR I = 1 TO 16 210 INPUT#1, F(I,1), D(I,1) 215D(I,1), = 1/D(I,1) 220 NEXT 230 CLOSE 1 240 FOR 1 = 1 TO 3 250 FOR J = 1TO 16 260 B(I,J) = 0 270 FOR K = 1 TO 16 280 B(I,J) = B(I,J) +M(I,K)*D(K,J) 290 NEXT K 300 NEXT J 310 NEXT I 315 FOR J = 1 TO 16 316LPRINT “ ”:LPRINT B(1,J),B(2,J),B(3,J) 317 NEXT 320 OPEN “I”,1,“DYES”330 FOR I = 1 TO 16 340 INPUT#1, T(I,1), T(I,2), T(I,3) 350 NEXT 360CLOSE 1 370 FOR I = 1 TO 3 380 FOR J = 1 TO 3 390 R(I,J) = 0 400 FOR K =1 TO 16 410 R(I,J) = R(I,J) + B(I,K)*T(K,J) 420 NEXT K 430 NEXT J 440NEXT I 445 GOSUB 1000 450 GOSUB 18000 460 FOR I = 1 TO 3 470 C(I,1) = 0480 FOR K = 1 TO 16 490 C(I,1) = C(I,1) + B(I,K)*F(K,1) 500 NEXT K 510NEXT I 520 FOR I = 1 TO 3 530 V(I,1) = 0 540 FOR K = 1 TO 3 550 V(I,1) =V(I,1) + A(I,K)*C(K,1) 560 NEXT K 570 NEXT I 580 LPRINT “ C1 EQUALS ” ;V(1,1): LPRINT “ ” 590 LPRINT “ C2 EQUALS ” ; V(2,1): LPRINT “ ” 600LPRINT “ C3 EQUALS ” ; V(3,1): LPRINT “ ” 610 OPEN “O”,1, “INVERSE” 620FOR I = 1 TO 3 630 PRINT#1, A(I,1);A(I,2);A(I,3) 640 NEXT 650 CLOSE 1660 OPEN “O”,1, “CONCN” 670 PRINT#1, V(1,1); V(2,1); V(3,1) 680 CLOSE 1690 RUN “FORMULA3” 1000 PRINT “THE MATRIX TO BE INVERTED IS: ”: PRINT1010 FOR I = 1 TO 3: FOR J = 1 TO 3 : LPRINT R(I,J): NEXT J: PRINT :NEXT I 1020 RETURN 18000 CLS: REM SUBROUTINE TO INVERT AN N X N MATRIX.A(N,N) IS THE INPUT 18001 GOTO 18009: INPUT “DO YOU WANT DOUBLEPRECISION”;A$ 18002 IF LEFT$(A$,1) = “N” THEN 18009 18004 DEFDBL A-H,O-Z 18009 DEFINT I,J,N 18010 N = 3 18050 FOR I = 1 TO N: A(I,1) = 1:NEXT 18052 CLS: PRINT “ YOUR MATRIX IS: ”:PRINT 18054 FOR I = 1 TO N:FOR J = 1 TO N: I3!=R(I,J):PRINT I3!; :NEXT:PRINT :NEXT 18060 I1 = I1 +1: IF I1 = N + 1 THEN 18210: REM WE'RE THROUGH! 18070 IF R(I1,I1) = 0THEN GOSUB 18130 : REM INTERCHANGE ROWS 18080 REM NORMALIZE DIAGONALELEMENT AND ZERO COLUMN IN OTHER ROWS. 18090 Q = R(I1,I1): FOR J = I1 TON: R(I1,J) = R(I1,J)/Q: NEXT 18095 FOR J = 1 TO N: A(I1,J) = A(I1,J)/Q:NEXT 18100 FOR I = 1 TO N: IF I = I1 THEN 18117 18105 Q = R(I,I1) 18110FOR J = I1 TO N: R(I,J) = R(I,J) − Q*R(I1,J): NEXT 18115 FOR J = 1 TO N:A(I,J)=A(I,J)−Q*A(I1,J): NEXT 18117 NEXT I 18120 GOTO 18060 18130 REMINTERCHANGE ROWS TO PREVENT ZERO DIVIDE 18140 I2 = I1: IF I2 = N THEN18170 18150 12 = I2 = I2 + 1: IF I2 = N THEN 18170 18160 IF R(I2,I1) = 0AND I2<N THEN 18150 18170 IF I2 = N THEN PRINT “ DETERMINENT = 0 ! ! !”: STOP 18180 FOR I = I1 TO N 18190 T = R(I1,I):R(I1,I) = R(I2,I):R(I2,I) = T 18200 S = A(I1,I):A(I1,I) = A(I2,I):A(12,I) = S:NEXT: RETURN18210 GOSUB 18230; FOR I = 1 TO N: FOR J = 1 TO N: PRINT A(I,J): NEXT J:PRINT: 18220 RETURN 18230 PRINT “ THE INVERSE OF YOUR MATRIX IS: ”:PRINT:RETURN 19000 REM INPUT ELEMENTS BY ROW 19010 PRINT “ENTER THEELEMENTS ONE AT A TIME BY ROW AND PRESS ENTER” 19020 FOR I = 1 TO N: FORJ = 1 TO N 19030 INPUT R(I,J): NEXT J,I 19040 GOTO 18050 Part 4‘FORMULA3’ 100 DIM FM(16,1), TM(3,1), T(16,3), V(3,1) M(3,16), RM(16,1)110 OPEN “I”,1, “DYES” 120 FO;R I = 1 TO 16 130 INPUT#1, T(I,1), T(I,2),T(I,3) 140 NEXT 150 CLOSE 1 160 OPEN “I”,1, “CONCN” 170 INPUT#1, V(1,1),V(2,1), V(3,1) 180 CLOSE 1 190 FOR I = 1 TO 16 200 FM(I,1) = 0 210 J = 1TO 3 220 FM(I,1) = FM(I,1) + T(I,J) + V(J,I) 230 NEXT J 240 NEXT I 250GOTO 500 260 OPEN “I”,1, “FUNCTION” 270 FOR I = 1 TO 16 280 INPUT#1,M(1,I), M(2,I), M(3,I) 290 NEXT 300 CLOSE 1 310 FOR I = 1 TO 3 320TM(I,1) = 0 330 FOR K = 1 TO 16 340 TM(I,1) = TM(I,1) + M(I,K)*RM(K,I)350 NEXT K 360 NEXT I 370 OPEN “ O”,1, “TRISTIM” 380 PRINT#1,TM(1,1);TM(2,1);TM(3,1) 390 CLOSE 1 400 LPRINT “ ” : LPRINT “ ” 410LPRINT “TRISTIMULUS VALUES FOR MATCH”: LPRINT “ ” 420 LPRINT “ X = ”;TM(1,1):LPRINT “ ” 430 LPRINT “ Y = ”; TM(2,1):LPRINT “ ” 440 LPRINT “Y=“ ”; TM(3,1):LPRINT “ ” 450 RUN “FORMULA4” 500 FOR I = 1 TO 16 510 B1= 2*(1+FM(I,1)) 520 B2 = B1[2 530 RM(I,1) = (B1 − SQR(B2−4))/2 540 NEXT550 GOTO 260 Part 5 “FORMULA4” 6000 REM CALCULATIONS OF COLOR DIFFERENCE6005 DIM DT(3,1), TM(3,1), A(3,3), DC(3,1), V(3,1), VXS(1), VYS(1),VZS(1) 6010 PRINT “INPUT VX, VY, VZ FOR SAMPLE” 6020 INPUT VXS(1),VYS(1), VZS(1) 6060 PRINT “INPUT VX, VY, VZ FOR MATCH” 6065 INPUT MXV:INPUT MYV: INPUT MZV 6067 FOR I = 1 TO 1 6210 DVY = ((0.23)*(VYS(I) −MYV))[2 6215 D1VXY = (( VXS(I) − VYS(I)) − (MXV −MYV))[2 6220 D2VZYY =(VZS(I) −VYS(I)) − (MZV − MYV) 6225 D3VZY = ((0.4)*(D2VZYY))[2 6230 DE =(DVY + D1VXY + D3VZY)[(½) 6235 DE = 40*DE 6237 NEXT 6238 LPRINT “ ”;LPRINT “ ” 62440 LPRINT “ THE VALUE FOR THE COLOR DIFFERENCE IS ”; DE;LPRINT “ ” 6250 PRINT “ TO CONTINUE ITERATION , ‘ENTER’ 1. ”: PRINT “ ”6260 PRINT “ TO DISCONTINUE ITERATION, ‘ENTER’ 2. ”: PRINT “ ” 6270INPUT ZZ 6280 ON ZZ GOTO 10000, 6300 6300 END 10000 OPEN “I”, 1,1“VALUES” 10010 INPUT#1, X, Y, Z 10020 CLOSE 1 10030 OPEN “I”, 1,“TRISTIM” 10040 INPUT#1, TM(1,1), TM(2,1), TM(3,1) 10050 CLOSE 1 10060DT(1,1) = X − TM(1,1) 10070 DT(2,1) = Y − TM(2,1) 10080 DT(3,1) = Z −TM(3,1) 10090 OPEN “I”,1, “INVERSE 10100 FOR I = 1 TO 3 10110 INPUT#1,A(I1,). A(I2,), A(I3) 10120 NEXT 10130 CLOSE 1 10140 FOR I = 1 TO 310150 DC(I,1) = 0 10160 FOR K = 1 TO 3 10170 DC(I,1) = DC(I,1) +A(I,K)*DT(K,I) 10180 NEXT K 10190 NEXT I 10200 OPEN “I”,1, “CONCN” 10210INPUT#1, V(1,1), V(2,1), V(3,1) 10220 CLOSE 1 10230 V(1,1) = V(1,1) +DC(1,1) 10240 V(2,1) = V(2,1) + DC(2,1) 10250 V(3,1) = V(3,1) + DC(3,1)10260 LPRINT “ ”; LPRINT “ ” 10270 LPRINT “ C1 = ”;V(1,1) : LPRINT “ ”10280 LPRINT “ C2 = ”;V(2,1) : LPRINT “ ” 10290 LPRINT “ C3 = ”;V(3,1) :LPRINT “ ” 10300 OPEN “O”,1, “CONCN” 10310 PRINT#1, V(1,1), V(2,1),V(3,1) 10320 CLOSE 1 10330 RUN “FORMULA3” 10340 END

[0039] TABLE 11 Color of Standard Soybean Cosmetic Formulations- NUMBERY R B 1 1.9 3.7 0 2 3.6 4 0 3 1.3 1.2 0

[0040] TABLE 12 Skin Color of Females- NUM COLOR RANGE HUE VALUE CHRX-BAR Y-BAR Z-BAR Y DE 12 1 1 7.53YR 4.86 4.03 0.4034 0.3733 0.2234 191-4 29 2 2 6.79YR 4.43 3.54 0.4 0.3619 0.2388 15 4-7 13 3 2 6.63YR 6 3.50.3761 0.3563 0.2677 30 11-12 12 4 4 5.29YR 3.59 2.99 0.3964 0.3560.2546 10 7-9 15 5 4   5YR 5.34 3.75 0.3848 0.3562 0.259 23  9-10 22 6 54.27YR 4.68 3.01 0.3777 0.3509 0.2717 17 12-13 5 7 6 3.06YR 5.73 4.620.3968 0.3528 0.2504 27 10-11 10 8 6 3.26YR 4 2.19 0.3668 0.3403 0.292912 17-18 44 9 7  2.5YR 4 2.86 0.3832 0.344 0.2727 12 14-15 36 10 72.47YR 4.68 3.36 0.3818 0.3464 0.2718 17 13-14 19 11 8 10R 4.68 3.710.388 0.3417 0.2708 17 15-16 17 12 8 10R 6 5.38 0.3633 0.3478 0.2889 3016-17

[0041] Preparation of Triacyglycerol Oligomers Cosmetics 1. Cold CreamSoybean Z-6 40.1% Lecithin Sludge 8.1% Water 51.8% 2. Lotion Soybean Z-330.1% Lecithin Sludge 8.1 Water 60.8% 3. Foundation Soybean Z-8 25.0%Lecithin Sludge 8.0% Water 57.0% Pigment 10.0% 4. Lipstick Soybean Z-1040.0% Lecithin 8.0% Water 42.0% Pigment 10.0% 5. Pucker Paint SoybeanZ-5 37.3% Lecithin Sludge 8.0% Water 44.7% Pigment 10.0% 6. BlusherSoybean Z-6 37.9% Lecithin Sludge 8.0% Water 44.1% Pigment 10.0% 7.Mascara Soybean Z-9 48.0% Lecithin Sludge 8.0% Water 34.0% Carbon Black10.0%

[0042] Color has three qualities which are hue, value and chroma orintensity. Hue is the quality which distinguishes one color fromanother, for example red or blue. It is the name of the color family.The lightness or darkness of a color is called value. We can visualizehow light or how dark a color is by comparing it with a value scaleshowing black at the bottom and white at the top. The third dimension ofcolor is chroma or intensity. It is often thought of as the strength orweakness of a color. We can think of intensity as the degree to which acolor departs from a neutral gray of the same value.

[0043] A pleasing combination of colors is known as a color harmony. Oneof the greatest teachers of color harmony is nature. This phenomenon isapparent in everything that grows. Nature presents a protusion ofcolors, beautifully arranged and spaced so as to present a pleasingspectacle to the eye. Flowers of strong and weak colors are strikingagainst their background. Trees in the fall of the year are never moreharmonious than in their bright color schemes of red, orange, yellow,and purple against the background of clear blue sky with fading greengrass and brown earth in the foreground. These colors brings a change ofhues, values, and chroma, and presents a beautiful color scheme. Thereare four general ways to combine colors; contrast in hue, value, chromaand area. The Munsell color theory suggests three paths for colorharmony: The first path is vertical with rapid changing value. We referto this color harmony as SOPHISTICATED. The second path is lateral. Thisis a rapid change of hues adjacent on the color wheel. We refer to thiscolor harmony as EXOTIC. The third path is inward. The inward path leadsto the neutral center and onto the opposite on the Munsell color wheel.We refer to this color harmony as PROVACATIVE.

[0044] Using the color of the skin, the color of the eyes, the color ofthe hair and a related red, a computer program was developed to producesophisticated, exotic, and provocative color harmony schemes for skincolors as shown in Table 13.

TABLE 14 Color Harmony Data for Color No. 35 COLOR HUE VALUE CHROMA HAIR4.5R 2.3 4.5 EYES 6.7B 3.4 1.2 SKIN 3.5yr 4.4 3.3 RELATED RED 4.4r 2.31.4

[0045] TABLE 15 Color Harmony Data for Color No. 45 COLOR HUE VALUECHROMA HAIR 4.5 4.5 4.5 EYES 6.7 6.7 6.7 SKIN 8.9 8.9 8.9 RELATED RED6.7 6.7 6.7

[0046] TABLE 16 Cosmetic Wardrobe Listing for Color No. 35 COSMETIC CODECOLOR DIFFERENCE 1.98 FOUNDATION DEEP COCOA # 11 BLUSHER TITIAN LIPSTICK# 11 DAZZLE DUST VIOLET PUCKER PAINT CURRANT

[0047] TABLE 17 Cosmetic Wardrobe for Color No. 45 COSMETIC CODE COLORDIFFERENCE 0.456 FOUNDATION DEEP COCOA # 11 BLUSHER BURGUNDY LIQUIDLINER BROWN MASCARA BLACK LIPSTICK 4 LIPGLOSS 4 DAZZLE DUST BRONZE FROSTPUCKER PAINT AMETHYST

[0048] Heat-set web offset ink was introduced in the 1950's as aprinting process and is used for the production of magazines, cataloguesand brochures. All heat-set inks are expected to fulfill exactingcriteria, in addition to properties of cold-set ink, such as high glossand dry quickly in an oven. Heat-set inks are dried by passing theprinted web of paper through an oven using high velocity hot air;sufficient to raise the temperature 100-140° C. TAGOS ink has beenformulated which meet the criteria of heat-set web offset ink and doesnot need to be passed through an oven for drying. This is accomplishedby formulating printing ink using TAGOS of viscosity above 300 poises toobtain high gloss and rub-off resistance. Quick drying is accomplishedby using a drying agent. TABLE 18 Soybean Oligomer Printing Ink -Formula I SUBSTANCE PERCENT CARBON BLACK 20 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z - 6 71CLAYTONE HY 9

[0049] TABLE 19 Soybean Oligomer Printing Ink - Formula II SUBSTANCEPERCENT CARBON BLACK 20 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z - 6 70 CLAYTONE HY 9 COBALTACETATE 1

[0050] TABLE 20 Soybean Oligomer Printing Ink - Formula III SUBSTANCEPERCENT CARBON BLACK 15 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z - 10 30 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z -3 40 CLAYTONE HY 9 COBALT ACETATE 1

[0051] TABLE 21 Soybean Oligomer Printing Ink - Formula IV SUBSTANCEPERCENT CARBON BLACK 20 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z - 6 61 CLAYTONE HY 9 POLYOL10

[0052] TABLE 22 Cottonseed Oligomer Printing Ink - Formula V SUBSTANCEPERCENT CARBON BLACK 20 COTTONSEED OLIGOMER 71 CLAYTONE HY 9 COBALTACETATE 1

[0053] TABLE 23 Sunflowerseed Oligomer Printing Ink - VI SUBSTANCEPERCENT CARBON BLACK 20 SUNFLOWERSEED OLIGOMER 71 CLAYTONE HY 9 COBALTACETATE 1

[0054] TABLE 24 Corn Oligomer Printing Ink - VII SUBSTANCE PERCENTCARBON BLACK 20 CORN OLIGOMER 71 CLAYTONE HY 9 COBALT ACETATE 1

[0055] TABLE 25 N,N′-di-n-butyl-N_(a)-lauroyl Glutamide (BLG) SoybeanOligomer Printing Ink - VIII SUBSTANCE PERCENT CARBON BLACK 20BLG-SOYBEAN OLIGOMER 71 CLAYTONE-HY 9

[0056] TABLE 26 Thermosetting Epoxy Printing Ink SUBSTANCE PERCENTEPOXY(I) SOYBEAN* 70 PHTHALO BLUE PIGMENT 15 SOLVENT 5 CLAYTONE HY 5

[0057] TABLE 27 Fountain Solution SUBSTANCE PERCENT A B DICK UNIVERSAL95 T-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE 5

[0058] In screen printing the ink is forced through the open areas of astencil supported on a mesh of synthetic fabric stretched across aframe. The ink is mechanically forced through the mesh onto thesubstrate underneath by drawing a squeegee across the stencil. Theseinks are high H viscous, low tack, short cure times, and good colorretention after several wash cycles. TAGOS were formulated to meet thesecriteria. TABLE 30 Screen Printing Ink - Formula I SUBSTANCE PERCENTAGECI PIGMENT RED 49 20 SUNFLOWERSEED OLIGOMER 30 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z-6 50

[0059] TABLE 31 Screen Printing Ink - Formula II SUBSTANCE PERCENTAGE CIPIGMENT RED 49 20 SUNFLOWERSEED OLIGOMER 30 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER X-Y 50

[0060] TABLE 32 Screen Printing Ink - Formula III SUBSTANCE PERCENT CIPIGMENT RED 49 20 SUNFLOWERSEED OLIGOMER Z-6 30 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z-6 25SOYBEAN OLIGOMER X-Y 25

[0061] TABLE 33 Screen Printing Ink - Formula IV SUBSTANCE PERCENT BLUEDYE 10 SOYBEAN OLIGOMER Z-6 25 WATER 74.98 THICKNER 0.1 COBALT ACETATE0.1

[0062] TABLE 34 Screen Printing Ink - Formula V SUBSTANCE PERCENT BLUEDYE 10 COTTONSEED OLIGOMER 25 WATER 74.98 THICKNER 0.1 COBALT ACETATE0.1

[0063] TABLE 35 Screen Printing Ink - Formula VI SUBSTANCE PERCENT BLUEDYE 10 SUNFLOWERSEED OLIGOMER 25 WATER 74.98 THICKNER 0.1 COBALT ACETATE0.1

[0064] TABLE 36 Screen Printing Ink - Formula VII SUBSTANCE PERCENT BLUEDYE 10 CORN OLIGOMER 25 WATER 74.98 THICKNER 0.1 CORN 0.1

[0065] The inks were printed on cotton and coated cotton fabrics andallowed to dry. The printed fabrics were then washed and dried. Thecolor was measured before and after each wash cycle to determine colorfastness. TABLE 37 Color Fastness of Screen Printed Uncoated CottonFabrics INK FOR- Gray MU- Change- LA L* a* b* L* a* b* Difference I36.31 43.35 12.60 37.59 38.00 9.97 3.00 6.10 IV 38.99 −14.21 −39.5740.96 −12.85 −35.00 3.00 5.16

[0066] TABLE 38 Color Fastness of Screen Printed Uncoated Cotton FabricsINK FOR- Gray MU- COLOR BEFORE COLOR AFTER Change- LA L* a* b* L* a* b*Difference I 37.63 44.09 12.42 39.55 44.52 9.44 3.00 4.37 IV 38.99−14.21 −39.57 40.96 −12.85 −35.00 3.00 5.16

[0067] Although many valuable products are fabricated each day fromfibers, these items could never exist unless a finish had been appliedto the fibers during the extrusion or spinning process. Fabric finishingis intended to provide a special performance characteristics orproperties to a textile fabric. This can be the development ofdimensional control or resistance to wrinkling during use. Thecharacteristics may be the provision of permanent crease and smoothdrying performance or the requirement for the fabric to withstandsubsequent processing steps. There may be the need for a finish toimpart resistance to end use exposure, i.e., water or oil repellency orresistance to crocking or bleeding. Of equal importance is the need toprovide the finished fabric with improved or changed aestheticproperties. TAGOS were developed for applications in sizing andfinishing.

[0068] Solutions to size fabrics were made according to the formulagiven in Table 39. TAGOS were soybean, cottonseed, sunflowerseed, andcorn. Strips of gauzy cotton fabric (5×30 cm were padded twice at 25 Cto ca. 110% wet pick-up, followed by drying at 120 C for 3 minutes andconditioning for 48 hours at 65% relative humidity and at roomtemperature.

[0069] Textile finishers were made using soybean, cottonseed,sunflowerseed, and corn oligomers according to the formula given inTable 40. Poplin cotton fabric pieces (30×45 cm) were padded twice atroom temperature in the finish solution to ca. 80% wet pick-up, followedby drying (100 C/3 min.) and curing (160 C/3 min.). The cured sampleswere then given an after wash in a bath containing 1 g/l sodiumcarbonate along with 1 g/l on triton X-100 at 55 C for 15minutes/rinsed, and air dried, and conditioned. TABLE 39 Formula forTextile Sizers SUBSTANCE PERCENTAGE TAGO 12 TRITON X-100 5 WATER 83

[0070] TABLE 40 Formula for Textile Finishers SUBSTANCE PERCENTAGE TAGO25 WATER 65 MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE 5 HEXAHYDRATE TRITON X-100 5

[0071] Historically, reactions on polymers have been of majorimportance, as they have made possible the applications of cellulose astextile fibers, plastics, coatings, and even explosives. Reactions ofpolymers can occur with oxygen, irradiation, heat, moisture, andbacterial attack which induces the problem of “aging” of polymericmaterials. The most important of them are atmospheric oxygen andirradiation, since they are most likely to induce chain scission.Polymers can undergo chemical reactions by chemical modification of thefunctional groups of the polymers. As discussed earlier, a Diels-Alderdiene synthesis was historically used as a basis for explaining thepolymerization of TAGOS which is most often referred to in theliterature. Most investigators agree with the formation and presence ofhydroxyl groups, carboxylic acid groups, cyclic compounds, and doublebonds during thermal polymerization. These functional groups along withthe ester group provide the basis for producing polymers from TAGOS.

[0072] An equivalency based on hydroxyl number of the glycol and assumedhydroxyl number of TAGOS per molecule was calculated. The hydroxylnumber for glycol was two and the hydroxyl number for TAGO varied foreach experiment. The equivalency mass for glycol was the molecularweight divided by two. The equivalency mass for TAGOS was obtained bydividing the apparent molecular weight by the hydroxyl number for eachexperiment. Apparent molecular weights were determined by gel permeationchromatography. An illustrative example was the formation of complexesbetween soybean oligomer (SBO) and ethylene and propylene glycol. Theapparent molecular weight of SBO was 10,000.

[0073] A series of experiments were conducted usingN,N′-di-butyl-N_(a)-lauroyl glutamide (BLG) to crosslink TAGOS. One gramof BLG was dissolved in 99 grams of TAGOS and heated to 150° C. Thesolution viscosity increased depending on the amount of BLG added. TABLE43 Triacylglycerol Oligomer Complexes with Ethylene and Propylene GlycolTAGOS VISCOSITY HYDROXYL* MOL. WT. GLYCOL RATIO VISCOSITY SOYBEAN 22683cp 10  10000 ETHYLENE 1::1 17733 cp SOYBEAN 22683 cp 10 140000 PROPYLENE1:01 17983 cp

[0074] When ethylene glycol, 10 grams, was mixed with SBO, 300 grams,the solution thickened and became very turbid. The mixture was heated upto temperatures of about 120° C. and a white vapor was given off. Themixture was removed from the hot plate for thirty minutes after whichtime the mixture was replaced on the hot plate and heating continued. Novapors were given off after heating for 3.75 hours. After heating formore than six hours the mixture became completely clear with theappearance of small crystal like substances at the bottom if the flask.After more than nine hours of heating, the mixture was removed from theheat and allowed to cool. As it cooled down to room temperature itbecame a turbid viscous mixture.

[0075] SBO, 306 grams, was mixed with propylene glycol, 10 grams, in anErlenmeyer flask. The mixture remained clear after mixing. The mixturewas heated to a temperature of about 120° C. The mixture was heated to atemperature of about 115° C. at which time white vapors were given off.However, the mixture remained clear. After more than eight hours ofheating, the mixture was removed from the hot plate and cooled to roomtemperature. At room temperature, the mixture became very turbid andviscous.

[0076] Soybean oligomer Z-6 (TAGO), 500 grams, is heated to 145° C. and1000 g of myrcene and 10 grams of di-tert-bu peroxide is added. Thereaction is continued for 6 hours at 140-150° C. The modified TAGO istreated with 0.05% Co and heated in a dryer.

[0077] Maplewood shavings, 16.1 grams, and soybean oligomer Z-6, 53.5grams, were mixed together until all shavings of maplewood were coveredwith the oligomer. The mixture was placed in a 8½ cm diameter×7 mm thickbrass dish. Hot air was blown over the mixture for one hour. The mixturewas placed in a convection oven at 75° C. for 26 hours. The board wasremoved and allowed to cool to room temperature and examined. The boardwas spongy.

[0078] Lawn grass with long stems and long blade-like leaves was cutinto small pieces and dried. The grass sample was then placed into amill and reduced to small fragments. A small mesh screen was used toseparate the smallest pieces from the larger pieces. The smaller pieceswere used for the preparation. Grass, 2.0 grams, was mixed with SBO, 200grams, in an Erlenmeyer flask. The mixture was stirred and placed on ahot plate. After approximately one hour of heating the mixture turned avery dark green. The mixture was heated for a total of twenty one hours,removed from the hot plate and allowed to cool to room temperature. Theviscosity of the mixture was determined. TABLE 44 Viscosity Data forComplex Between Triacylglycerol Oligomers and Gramineae (Grass) TAGOSTAGO VISCOSITY COMPLEX VISCOSITY SOYBEAN 22,683 cp 33,367 cp

[0079] Johnson's pure cotton balls, made from 100% pure, non-chlorinebleached cotton, were purchased from a local drug store. One cotton,which weighed 0.3 grams, was pulled into small pieces and added one at atime to an Erlenmeyer flask containing 203 grams of SB(Z-6) which hadbeen heated to 100° C. The mixture was stirred and placed on a hotplate. After heating for approximately seven hours at 110° C. the cottonstarted to form a gelatinous mass. It was not observable whether theliquid portion of the mixture was also becoming more gelatinous.Continued heating of the mixture resulted in the cotton becoming almostcompletely gelatinous. The mixture was removed from the hot plate after40 hours of heating. The viscosity of the liquid portion was measured.TABLE 45 Data for Complex Between Triacylglycerol Oligomers and CottonTRIACYLGLYCEROL OLIGOMER COMPLEX VISCOSITY, P SOYBEAN (Z-6) >8,000,000cp

[0080] Removal of ink from paper substrate is done commercially usingink removal solutions containing hazardous materials. It has beenpreviously shown that TAGOS can be emulsified using water and asurfactant. Paper printed with TAGOS inks are easily dissolved in asolvent system using non-hazardous water-based cleaning solutions whichemulsifies the ink and can be reused several times before it has to bereplaced. The ink solution is filtered to remove the deinked paperslurry which can then be further processed to produce recycled paper.TABLE 46 Formulation of Ink Removal Solution #1 CONSTITUENT PERCENT PARTA 89.07 WATER 85.07 SWS 0.1122 DYE 1.68 MONOETHANOLAMINE 2.25 NA4EDTA2.81 DIPROPYLENEGL; 3.37 YCOLMETHYLETHER WITCONATE 90 K 4.27 PART B*10.93 TRITON X-100 64.04 HYAMINE 8.51 SCENT 27.45

[0081] TABLE 47 Formulation of Ink Removal Solution # 2 CONSTIUENTPERCENT TRITON X-100 1 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (37.4%) 13.37 WATER 85.63

[0082] Approximately three drops of red ink was placed on a 5″×8″ pieceof white paper and drawn down with a putty knife making an ink stripapproximately 3″ in width. A length of approximately 2″ was cut and usedfor the test.

[0083] In one Erlenmeyer flask was placed 100 ml of formula #1 cleaningsolution along with the test specimen. In another Erlenmeyer flask wasplaced 100 ml of formula #2 cleaning solution along with the testspecimen. Both solution were shaken and allowed to stand. Periodicallyon several occasions they were shaken again. Ink began to be removedimmediately with formulation #1 as evidence by the solution forming areddish color. With formulation #2, color was being removed as evidenceby the fading of the test specimen.

[0084] The mixture obtained from printed paper is filtered and thesolution decanted. The paper slurry remaining is mixed with and emulsionprepared using soybean oligomer Z-6 (25%), triton X-100 (5%), and water(70%). The mixture is filtered and then dried by passing through padsheated to 75° C. A sheet of recycled paper is formed.

[0085] TAGOS interaction with metals and water were examined. Theexamination was to determine differences in the interaction betweenmetal-TAGO complex and water-TAGO complex. Soybean oligomer Z-6 and X-Y.5 grams each, were placed in separate containers of 95 grams ofdistilled water. The mixtures were stirred and allowed to stand at roomtemperature. The same procedure was repeated with 0.2 m potassiumhydroxide solution.

[0086] Both soybean oligomers X-Y and Z-6 had formed two layers. Theaqeuous layer was slightly turbid and a white oily layer. Upon standingat room temperature for a long period of time, soybean oligomer Z-6formed a rubbery, spongy mass. This mass is probably due to theinteraction of air, water and the oligomer.

[0087] Water was added to a beaker which contained soybean oligomercrosslinked with BLG. The mixture was heated to boiling. The sides ofthe beaker were scraped with a spatula. Upon cooling, polymer particleswere floating in the water. The particles were removed from the waterand allowed to dry. Upon drying, the small particles formed clearplastic pieces. The plastic pieces were very elastic and stretched whenpulled. The plastic pieces were soft and spongy.

[0088] Upon addition of 0.2 m KOH to soybean oligmer X-Y, the solutionturned milky white with no formation of oil droplets. A foamy layer wason top. Upon addition of 0.2 m KOH to soybean oligmer X-6 it also formeda milky/cloudy solution with a foamy layer on top. However, uponstanding for a long period of time, soybean oligomer X-Y produces largeamount of foam when shaken with no visible large particles present. Thesolution, however, is still turbid. In the case of soybean oligomer Z-6,the mixture does not produce a lot of foam when shaken, and it containedsolid particles.

[0089] A monoterpene, myrcene, H₂C═CHC(═CH₂)—CH₂CH₂CH═C(CH₃)₂, was addedto soybean oligomer Z-6. A terpene has hydrocarbon chains of alternatingdouble and single bonded carbon atoms. The terpene may be monocyclic,dicyclic or acyclic compounds. Examples of terpenes include, but are notlimited to: myrcene, dipentene, limonene, citral, pinene, carvone,citronellal, ocimene, linalool, phellandrene, carvacrol, and thymol. Theterms dipentene or limonene include d-limonene, I-limonene and mixturesof the two.

[0090] The reaction between myrcene and the soybean oligomer wasexothermic and instantaneous with a large increase in temperature oncethe reaction began. The product from the reaction was a gel indicating acomplex was formed. Myrcene cross links due to oxidation formingcomposites that will cure faster than soybean oligomer due to the bondsadded. This allows for the development of an ink with the properties ofheat-set inks without using high temperature ovens to cure the ink.

[0091] Degummed soybean oil was thermally polymerized at 285° C. usingtert-butyl peroxide as a catalyst. The reaction was allowed to proceedfor 4.5 hours. The viscosity at 25° C. was 241 centiposes. At atemperature of 285° C. the viscosity was 150 centiposes after 4.5 hours.This indicates an increase in the rate of reaction, not the time of thereaction. Thus, a catalyst allows thermal polymerization of soybean oilat a faster rate.

[0092] A finishing solution containing solvent and an emulsion ofsoybean oligomer Z-6 was prepared. A piece of untreated cotton fabricwas passed through the solution and placed in an oven to dry. The fabricwas place in an infrared (IR) spectroscopy machine. FIGS. 5-8 show thespectra of various combinations. A computerized analysis of the infraredspectrum of untreated cotton fabrics finished with soybean oligomer Z-6show the formation of a terminal alkyne ether with the structuralformula HC≡C—O—R. The terminal alkyne ether is shown in a band at 670cm⁻¹ and a confirming band between 2085 cm⁻¹ and 2135 cm⁻¹. An esterlinkage is first formed between the carboxylic acid group of the soybeanoligomer and the alcohol group of the cellulose. This ester linkage thendecomposes to form the terminal alkyne ether during high temperaturecuring. Maintaining the ester linkage and not allowing the degradationleading to formation of the terminal alkyne ether linkage may improvethe finishing properties of the soybean oligomer. This may establish alinkage between native cotton and cellulosic plants for developingproducts such as fibers and paper.

[0093] Thus, in accordance with the present invention, there has beenprovided triacylglycerol oligomers and methods for making and using samethat fully satisfies the objectives and advantages set forth above.Although the invention has been described in conjunction with thespecific drawings and language set forth above, it is evident that manyalternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all suchalternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the spiritand broad scope of the invention.

What I claim is:
 1. A crosslinkable polmer composition, comprising: atriacylglycerol oligomer prepared by thermal polymerization; and aterpene polymer.